From: an4914@anon.penet.fi (Nitch)
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 93 04:29:22 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: MIT Keyserver
Message-ID: <9312041226.AA24029@anon.penet.fi>
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>> > I am sorry to announce that the PGP Keyserver at pgp.mit.edu
>> > (a.k.a. toxicwaste.mit.edu) has to be shut down.
[...]
>> 
>> Anyone want to tell us why?
>> Derek, I appreciate that you can't prevent it but a little more 
>> explanation of why would be much appreciated too.
>
[...]
>Of course, by the lack of a reason, we can only assume that whoever
>'it' was, it was 'big' enough to either scare you or threaten you with
>some action if you talked...

It might be wiser to assume that the machine (or some nearby machine)
was having trouble with all the load that the remailer was putting on it.

...but, of course, you may be right.

That message from "Hober Mallow, Trader to Cyberspace" may give a few
people something to think about over the weekend, hmmm?  Maybe MIT's
administration doesn't want to be involved in that kind of traffic?

Maybe *Derek* doesn't want to be involved in that kind of traffic?

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